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Secretary Health directs to take disciplinary action against Doctors

Lahore: Secretary Health Arif Nadeem has directed to take disciplinary action against the doctors and officials of the department for showing negligence during anti-measles campaign which include, Dr. Kamran Bokhari and Dr. Manzoor Bajwa of Shalimar Town, Dr. Muhammad Rizwan of Shahdra, Muhammad Rasheed Lab Assistant Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, ... Read More »

Minister health inaugurates anti measles campaign in Lahore

Lahore: Health Minister Punjab, Salima Hashmi has said that there is a need for launching mass immunization campaign throughout the country to completely control measles disease. She said there is also requirement to allocate more funds for the health sector for treatment of children and to safeguard them against various ... Read More »

Babar Hayat Tarar visits BHC of DG Khan and Rajanpur

Lahore: Special Secretary Health Punjab, Babar Hayat Tarar visited basic health centres of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur to review the arrangements for routine immunization of children against measles and other diseases. He also reviewed medical facilities for mother and child health especially vaccination of children against measles at basic ... Read More »

LGH has extended its services for heart patients:Prof. Anjum Habib

Lahore: Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Prof. Anjum Habib Vohra has said that with the establishment of new diagnostic centre for heart patients at a cost of Rs.1.07 crore, the services available at Lahore General Hospital have further extended and this revolutionary step would go a long way to provide ... Read More »

Vaccination campaign against measles will be started from April 29

Lahore: A 7-day special mass vaccination campaign against measles will be started in Lahore from April 29 during which 30 lakh children from six months to ten years of age will be inoculated. The campaign will continue till May 5. Moreover, students of all government and private primary schools of ... Read More »

Ombudsman Punjab takes notice of corruption in health department

Lahore: Ombudsman Punjab, Javed Mehmood has taken notice of the sale of refrigerator and vaccine boxes purchased for preserving the medicines of polio in Sheikhupura. He has directed Secretary Health Punjab and Director General Health Services to submit a report within one week in this regard. Ombudsman has directed Secretary ... Read More »

Immunization coverage is essential for elimination of diseases: Saleema Hashmi

Lahore: Health Minister Punjab Salima Hashmi said that improving routine immunization coverage is essential for elimination of diseases. She said that provision of preventive vaccination is fundamental right of every child and mother which must be available to them, as without making preventive vaccination programme successful, the future of our ... Read More »

YDA delegation calls on Saleema Hashmi

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Health, Salima Hashmi has said that Young Doctors Association (YDA) has achieved a lot through its struggle. She expressed these views during meeting with a 16-member YDA delegation led by its President Dr. Javed, here today. The Minister said that she will try her best to ... Read More »

Health department starts awareness campaign against measles

Lahore: On the special directive of Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi, a comprehensive public awareness campaign is continuing by Punjab government for eradication of measles throughout the province. Public awareness helpline 0800-99000 has been fully activated, from where citizens can acquire necessary information regarding preventive measures against measles. Injections ... Read More »

Rescue 1122 organizes Training Course for Disaster Response

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) has organized second pilot Training Course of Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE) in Pakistan on Thursday. The Course was organized for the Community of Shahdara Lahore in collaboration with Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Bangkok, NDMA and USAID. The CADRE trainings have also been conducted in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam. The training contents of this course include as Common Community Hazards, Family needs, Prioritizing patients in Disasters, Basic First Aid, Search and Rescue and Fire Safety.

Lahore: The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) has organized second pilot Training Course of Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE) in Pakistan on Thursday. The Course was organized for the Community of Shahdara Lahore in collaboration with Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Bangkok, NDMA and USAID. The CADRE trainings have ... Read More »

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